Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-06-22
DAILY HERALD.
WHO rs HE?
q Les Angeles Legislator VINO
PLAYED poker.

Il
Les Angeles LeEisi"tof
played poker.
The Examiner of Sunday contains an
,rticle about big game OF poker tnat
at Sacramento during the last
e.sion Of the legislation. According 10
he Eraminer Los Angeles statesman
,ot badly left, in fact he dropped in the
of $4,000. One man VINO
read the article shook his head sadly
md remarked, "well who would nave
lhouoht that Briefly had saved tnas
.monnt out of the collectors ONCE.
4 nother citizen said, ''It must be hnox, |
l always suspected hun atser ne nhau ,o'.
such efforts to have a sunday law
passed." A dispatch from santa Aoa
saws: "Affidavits are on tile that spur
acon never played game OF poker IN
Ria lie and does not know playing
card from an invitation to a jubilee
haIl.n Senator Rose was in San Fran
cisco when the game was played, and as
FOR Senator White. such thing Is no.
TO be thought of. 1t is very evident
that the ESom;ner is trying to lay the
misdeeds of some of the wicked men oil
San Francisco on Los Angeles shoulders.
Following is the Examiner account.
Zone Of the greatest games OF draw
nok ar that / ever sat in," said State
Senator last evening st the Grand Hotei,
twas played at Sacramento during the
Last meeting of the Legislature. 1t was
one dsy about three weeks after the
Legislature convened that note was
left ON my desk by an Assemblyman
from the southern portion of the State
inviting me to take hand in small
game at the Golden Eagle that night. l
tore the note up, and wrote another ac-
cepting the invitation. which l had
mage take into the Assembly chambers.
aAbout ii o'clock that night tapped
at the door of the room l was told tc
come to, 1t was opened, and l found
three Senators and two Assemblymen in
eide. They were waiting for me, and
only allowed me time to take glass OF
wine and light cigar, saying that they
were losing valuable time.
ssThere was one man in the party who
has been in theSenate for the past thret
sessions. and who has big reputation 81
q poker-player among his most intimate
friends, though outside of them it is mo-
known that he understands one caro-
from another. But he does, and, as
was bound to find out, is the sharpes
and shrewdest player ever met.
ssWell, we took our places around tn
table and a new deck of cards was lait
upon it. The gentleman from the ex
treme North got the deal and dealt then
around. Nothing remarkable happene,
for several deals. In fact don't thin
more than $25 changed hands in three
quarters of an hour playing. We wer
all holding of and playing close gam
to feel each other.
cat last q Los Angeles man made
deal. The man mentioned as being al
old hand ct the game let his cards lay o
the table and raised the ante withou
looking at his hand. l kept out.
Colusa gentleman came in, but did nc
raise. Two passed out and the Los An
geles man came in.
"When it came to the draw the "Ol
Man." as he was called, picked up hi
hand, and, looking over his shoulder,
observed that he only had pair G
deuces in his hand. He held jack wit
them and drew two cards as a blind.
looked over his shoulder when he ha
drawn and nearly gave vent to my sur
prise. The two cards he had draw
were deuces, and he now had four {
them. He laid his hand upon the tab
and made a bet Of S5, he being frs
The Colusa man raised this S. and tt
Los Angeles man, who was contempla
ing his hand with serene smile, thre
$25 upon the table. raising the pot Sl'
The "Old Man" was calm as could b
He brought out his purse and raised I'll
last bet 500.
"The Colusa man thought for sever
minutes and then raised the pot 80
but with SO sickly An air that he wi
considered out altogether. The L.
Angeles man looked as confident as ev
and put the last $500 he had on Il
table, raising the Colusa man $50. Il
see you $50 and go you $500 better, sa
the old Man, aud he hauled out
checkbook and wrote out check pa
able to bearer.
ssThe Colusa man was seized wit
paralysis, and the Los Angeles legisl
tors smile gave way to a troubled an
suspicious look. He had checkboc
with him. He brought it out an
penned off a check for $1,000, payab
to bearer.
.We were all excited; everyone
us more so than the old Man, wi
leisurely proceeded to scratch off anot
or check.
"'I'll raise you $1,000, he said
quiet as ever.
"The Los Angeles lawmaker gre
deathly pale. He grabbed a bottle
wine and hastily drank two glasse
Then he took up his cards in very e.
cited manner. Il believe you're bluffine
he said, so I'll call you, and he put
check for $1,000 upon the table.
I've got two pair, said the %
Man.
"'Then I'll take the pot, for I've g
FULL" fairly yelled the Los Angel
man.
"'But mine are two pair of deuces
four deuces, remarked the member T
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